TEN TIPS TO A GREAT COLLEGE APPLICATION

ESSAY

Or, One More Thing To Do While You Put Off

Writing

Presented by Professor Jaime Warburton, MFA

July 2, 2012

10 . IT ’S AB OUT YOU! DON ’T LET YOUR PAREN TS DO IT FO R Y OU

9. PRACTICE JOURNALING BEFORE

YOU BEGIN YOUR ESSAY

8 . USE SPECIFICS, NOT GENERALIZATIONS

7. DON’T REPEAT

YOUR RESUME

6. COLLEGE APPS ARE

DATES YOU HOPE WILL

LEAD TO MARRIAGE. BE HONEST ABOUT WHO YOU BOTH

ARE.

5 . D O N ’ T T RY T O S O LV E T H E

W O R L D ’ S P R O B L E M S

4. KNOW THE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN

THE COMMON APP AND

INDIVIDUAL QUESTIONS

3. DON’T GET EDITED OUT, BUT DO SEEK

ANOTHER SET OF EYES

2. YES, GRAMMAR COUNTS. A LOT.

1 . S IT YOUR BUT T DOWN AND DO IT.